http://www.flashalert.net/news.html?id=3056
"At 11:30 p.m., officers assigned to Central Precinct responded to the report of an armed robbery of a pedestrian at Southeast 20th Avenue and Oak Street in the East Buckman neighborhood.
Officers arrived and spoke to the victim who told police that she was walking home when she was confronted by an African American male who demanded she give him her property. The victim told police that two other African American males appeared and surrounded her and that one of them pulled out what she believed to be a handgun. The victim gave the suspects her phone and purse and the suspects fled the area. The victim described one of the suspects with chin-length braids or dreads in his hair."

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2012/09/three_pedestrians_robbed_in_po.html
"The second incident was reported at 11:30 p.m. A a woman pedestrian said she was near the intersection of Southeast 20th Avenue and Oak Street, near Central Catholic High School, when approached by one man, who demanded her property. Two other men then appeared and the woman said they surrounded her and one pulled out what appeared to be a handgun. The victim gave them her phone and purse and they fled."

hmmm:
"In all criminal cases, we should strive for complete -- meaningful -- descriptions of suspects. If we have specific, detailed information about height, weight, clothing, hair style,"